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No matter what you think you may know about addiction. No matter what you have been told. Addiction does not have to be a life ending, unshakable disease. Addiction, although life treatening, is a condition – a current condition that one is in. A condition that is treatable, and healable. Whatever you do, shake that label of disease off your pant leg, and consider what is causing your dependency.

Start by becoming a forward thinker. Start by asking yourself the tough questions.

What causes addiction? Before you read the following causes, ask youself – which one of these causes speaks to me? Which cause could be directly linked to your addiction?

FOUR CAUSES OF ADDICTION

Cause 1: Unresolved Events from your past.

Cause 2: Belief System Failure.

Cause 3: Low threshold for dealing with stress and other life situations.

Cause 4: Chemical Imbalance.

It’s time to dig deep, uncover the answers to these causes, and follow your road to a full recovery. It is possible, it does happen, there is hope, and there is help.

Receiving Medical Intervention.

The process of drug rehab includes a physical withdrawal that can be painful and physically taxing. It’s important for a medical professional to assess you and ensure that you are healthy enough to withstand this process without any additional intervention. Drug rehab will also address any additional physical issues you may have that may be contributing to the problem you have with addiction. In most cases, this has to do with people that become addicted to painkillers.

Getting through the physical withdrawal from addiction is usually what scares addicts the most; being in an environment where you are getting help with this process on a medical level can bring about a sense of comfort and confidence in those considering entering a drug rehab program.

Working with a drug rehab professional on your emotional issues: You need to address the reason you are using drugs as an escape from everyday life in order to truly recover from addiction. Drug rehab staff members will work with you on a mental and emotional discovery process that will address these problems and come up with ways to solve them. Individual counseling and group therapy sessions are an important part of most drug rehab programs and are one way that is used to measure success in the program. However, it is equally important that you participate in the drug rehab process as honestly as possible to really have a chance recovering from your addiction.

Building a Network of Support among Fellow Patients and Staff Members.

Drug rehab is full of people that are either going through what you are or people who have gone through it. Those people can listen to your problems with compassion and empathy and suggest other ways to deal with your problems that do not involve drugs or alcohol. They can also serve as your support network as you continue what will be a lifelong process of addiction recovery.

Receiving the Tools Necessary to Rebuild your Life.

Drug rehab will equip you with ways to deal with life on the outside as a non-addict. You will learn how to own your feelings, how to resist temptation and basically, how to build an entirely new life that doesn’t revolve around getting high or indulging in the past activities that made you want to get high. Drug rehab will give you the tools to be successful; it is then up to you to use them and incorporate them into your daily life.

There are many different types of rehab facilities and the one you choose should be based on your specific addition and needs at the point of beginning recovery.